English vocabulary Top 176 - 200 Phrasal Verbs

to go out to

/ɡˌoʊ ˈaʊt tuː/

verb

(of one's thoughts) to feel sorry for someone and hope that they will get through the difficult situation they are in

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Every evening I watched Eliza and Georgiana putting on their new dresses and going out to parties.

And then we went out to dinner.

Sometimes we go out to the cinema.

to call in

/kˈɔːl ˈɪn/

verb

to request someone's aid or services

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to walk out

/wˈɔːk ˈaʊt/

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to leave suddenly, especially to show discontent

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to come after

/kˈʌm ˈæftɚ/

verb

to follow or Pursue

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The snake wakes up and comes after Sinbad.

Hippolyta and Emely came after them. '

When he came to Paris, I came after him - I wanted to watch him.

to zoom in

/zˈuːm ˈɪn/

verb

to adjust the lens of a camera in a way that makes the person or thing being filmed or photographed appear closer or larger

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How do I zoom in?

And I don't know how to zoom in.

Let me see if I can zoom in for you people.

to stand by

/stˈænd bˈaɪ/

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to do nothing when it is necessary

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to get away with

/ɡɛt ɐwˈeɪ wɪð/

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to escape punishment for one's wrong actions

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to move up

/mˈuːv ˈʌp/

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to move upward to a higher level, grade, or class

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to add up

/ˈæd ˈʌp/

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to make sense or seem reasonable

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to move away

/mˈuːv ɐwˈeɪ/

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to relocate to or go to live in another area

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The men quickly moved away from the cub.

He moved away from his mother to look around.

The train moved away from the station, into the black night again.

to light up

/lˈaɪt ˈʌp/

verb

to make something bright by means of color or light

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to get about

/ɡɛt ɐbˈaʊt/

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to move from one place or person to another

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to come out with

/kˈʌm ˈaʊt wɪð/

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to suddenly say something, especially in a rude or surprising way

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to weigh in

/wˈeɪ ˈɪn/

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to find one's weight, especially in an official measurement before or after a contest

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to play on

/plˈeɪ ˈɑːn/

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to take advantage of someone’s weaknesses or feelings

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What a trick you played on him!

to break into

/bɹˈeɪk ˌɪntʊ/

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to enter or open a building, car, etc. by force, especially to steal something

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to work through

/wˈɜːk θɹˈuː/

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to deal with a problem, especially an emotional one, step by step and go through a process of accepting it

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" If I can just hold off, and just work through what I have.

to cut down

/kˈʌt dˈaʊn/

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to cut through something at its base in order to make it fall

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to pull off

/pˈʊl ˈɔf/

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to be successful in doing something, such as achieving a goal, etc.

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to spread out

/spɹˈɛd ˈaʊt/

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to separate a group of things and arrange or place them over a large area

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to go over to

/ɡˌoʊ ˈoʊvɚ tuː/

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‌to change one's allegiance and join a different, and usually opposing group

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to lock in

/lˈɑːk ˈɪn/

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to shut someone or oneself into a place by locking the door

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to get away from

/ɡɛt ɐwˈeɪ fɹʌm/

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to start talking about something that is different from the topic of the discussion

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I must get away from here!'

It is a good place to get away from the crowds and the noise of the city.

Let's get away from here!

to break out

/bɹˈeɪk ˈaʊt/

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to escape from a place of confinement

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to come by

/kˈʌm bˈaɪ/

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to make a short and casual visit to a place

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The enemy came by land and by sea.

So, I've had people come by, and they'll text me that they're here.